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Apoapo tau foe, i nā tāfea i te galutau. Ke mau mai, ke mau mai.

Never give up hope, even amid chaos and uncertainty; stay united, stay strong.

Literally an instruction to keep paddling steadily through rough water, this saying became the 2020 Tokelau Language Week theme, used as a message of endurance and unity for Tokelauan communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Traditional Tokelau Wisdom, Tokelau

Source: Alagakupu Tokelau (Tokelau Wellington Leadership Group, 2011); used as the 2020 Tokelau Language Week theme, Ministry for Pacific Peoples

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